Twixt word game
Ranked 10 of 17 word games by recommenders
Players recommend this four-move word transformation puzzle as tough but fun and rewarding to solve. Critics say it is hard to understand without a practice puzzle.
Players recommend this four-move word transformation puzzle as tough but fun and rewarding to solve. Critics say it is hard to understand without a practice puzzle.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Tough but fun puzzle
“I love this! Great work, took me 13 mins to solve my first just now with no hints”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves” “Tough, but fun. Took me a couple times through to fully grok.”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves” “Nice idea, I enjoyed this and shared it with a few friends.”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves” - Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves”
Rewarding to solve
“I love this! Great work, took me 13 mins to solve my first just now with no hints”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves” “seems more rewarding than most something-le games I've seen”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to understand without practice puzzles
“The game's difficult to understand so it's too punitive to not offer even a single practice/example puzzle”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves”
Other word games people recommend
The four most recommended other word games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiled Words | 106 | 2 | 98% | 9 | — | Approved |
| 18 Words | 87 | 28 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
| Zanagrams | 51 | 5 | 91% | 2 | — | — |
| Wordle | 28 | 21 | 57% | 10 | — | — |
| Twixt word gameThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The game's difficult to understand so it's too punitive to not offer even a single practice/example puzzle”
“I do like the idea of a daily puzzle, even if some others don't like that.”
“Your version is nice too!”
“I love this! Great work, took me 13 mins to solve my first just now with no hints”
“its difficult initially but fun, will continue playing it”
“seems more rewarding than most something-le games I've seen”
“Nice idea, I enjoyed this and shared it with a few friends.”
“I played (the other) Twixt with my Grandpa when I was a kid, it was super fun.”
“Tough, but fun. Took me a couple times through to fully grok.”
“but they're obviously fantastic games”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.